IONA Technologies is planning to make available an open source Java Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), the company announced Monday.

The Holy See has chosen Sun to provide the management infrastructure for its communications.

Though many said it would never happen, an open-source implementation of the Java programming language may be in the works.

When you use Java for simple business arithmetic, you may be surprised to discover that Java doesn’t always produce the right answers. If, for example, you use the double data type for an invoice’s subtotal, sales tax, and total, your arithmetic expressions may deliver inaccurate results. I’ll illustrate this in a moment.

IDX Systems has deployed CodeMesh’s JuggerNET to integrate Java and Microsoft .NET applications.

The competitive summit continues. I’m bummed that I haven’t had much time to make it over there. It’s cool that they let the attendees blog.

Sun Microsystems wants to make Java as open source as possible while keeping compatibility and has made changes to its Java licensing.

Sun Microsystems has posted two new projects, Java Advanced Imaging (JAI) and JAI Image I/O Tools to java.net.

In 2004 Oracle made its new step toward J2EE application development simplification, releasing the new RAD Oracle JDeveloper 10G.

Esmertec announced a collaboration with Gemplus International S.A., the world’s largest provider of smart card solutions, to integrate Gemplus’ SIM-based implementation of the SATSA standard, SIM2METM (SIM to Mobile Equipment), into Esmertec’s Jbed platform.

An Embedded database is a specific database genus that does not run as a separate process, instead, it is directly linked (“embedded”) into the application. Herein, the database is integrated into the application and the end-user has little or no knowledge that the database exists. Embedded databases are sometimes referred to as “fire and forget” or “implement and forget” databases, since they require no or minimal database administration.

Daffodil Software announced the launch of One$DB, a free version of its Java database – Daffodil DB.

Sun Microsystems has made available the latest version of its breakthrough visual development environment, Sun Java Studio Creator.

Evolved from Control Module’s trademark modularity and reliability, Genus (named after the Greek term “genus,” meaning a new species) is the first workforce management terminal that offers a JAVA programming environment.

CentraView announced the upcoming release of the first feature-complete Java Open Source Contact Management, SFA and CRM software project.

Navara released two new products designed to deploy mobile enterprise applications to users of BlackBerry from Research In Motion.

Hosted By Sun Microsystems, Attendees Will Gain Insights On How To Increase Wireless Data Service Revenue With Java.

Day today announced that it has made available an implementation of the Content Repository API for Java Technology (JCR) to the Apache Software Foundation in order to further promote industry adoption and collaboration of the JSR 170 standard.

It is a well known fact that Java as a programming language set off a new paradigm in the software industry.

Borland, Computer Associates, Compuware, Mercury Interactive and Quest Software Leverage Sun’s Platform to Broaden the Ecosystem for Enterprise Developers.

Java has come along a long way. Many would agree with this. I did not until the Java 1.5 “Tiger” hit me.